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Balal Arezou (also Belal or Bilal; born 28 December 1988) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a forward and is currently playing for Norwegian club IF Trauma.[1] He is currently the all-time top scorer of the Afghanistan national football team with nine goals.
Club career
Asker
Arezou grew up in Afghanistan and moved to Norway as a refugee. In Norway, he played football for Senja, Grane, Arendal and Fredrikstad's youth team before he joined Asker in 2009.[2]
Churchill Brothers
In February 2013 he joined Churchill Brothers S.C. on a four-month loan from Asker. His move completed with the return of Indian striker Sunil Chhetri from Sporting Clube de Portugal.[3]
Moss FK
On 7 March 2015 he joined Moss FK on a 2-year contract. He will wear shirt number 90.
IF Trauma
Arezou signed with IF Trauma on 26 January 2019, and was reunited with his former coach, Gaute Haugenes.[4]
International career
Arezou was included in Afghanistan's squad for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in the Maldives. In the group stages of the tournament Afghanistan claimed their first ever win at the AFC Challenge Cup with a 3–1 victory over Turkmenistan.[5] After Afghanistan's 0–0 draw with Laos that confirmed their progression out of the group stage, an accident occurred while the Afghan players were being driven back to their hotel. Arezou sustained minor injuries in the accident along with his teammates Faisal Sakhizada, Ahmad Hatifi, Zohib Islam Amiri, and Mustafa Azadzoy. All five players were set to miss the semi finals against Palestine. Former coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar and current coach Erich Rutemöller also suffered minor injuries.[6][7][8][9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 July 2011 | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine | Template:Fb | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier | ||
| 2. | 3 December 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India | Template:Fb | 2011 SAFF Championship | ||
| 3. | 7 December 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India | Template:Fb | 8–1 | ||
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| 7. | 9 December 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India | Template:Fb | |||
| 8. | 2 March 2013 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | Template:Fb | 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier | ||
| 9. | 4 March 2013 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | Template:Fb |
Club career stats
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2009 | Asker | 2. Divisjon | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | 28 | 9 | |||
| 2011 | Adeccoligaen | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 2. Divisjon | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 10 | ||
| 2012–13 | Churchill Brothers (loan) | I-League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2013 | Asker | 2. Divisjon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Asker total | 118 | 24 | 5 | 2 | — | 123 | 26 | |||
| Career total | 126 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 26 | ||
Honors
- Afghanistan
References
- ↑ DEBUTANTER BLE HELTER(18 August 2018).
- ↑ Sjekk denne 2. divisjonshelten(4 February 2010).
- ↑ Belal Arezou joined Churchill Brothers of Indian League Template:Webarchive. ahmadfaisalsidiqi.blogspot.in, 14 February 2013
- ↑ Toppscorer på landslaget til Trauma, fvn.no, 26 January 2019
- ↑ AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan(23 May 2014).
- ↑ Afghan contingent suffers minor injuries in team bus accident(25 May 2014).
- ↑ Five Afghan players to miss semi(25 May 2014).
- ↑ Afghanistan is all over worried(25 May 2014).
- ↑ Afghan five players injured due to the accident(24 May 2014).